All of the headlines from today's paper.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Today's Headlines
Page one

Immigration

We asked Mass. voters what they think about immigration. Here’s what they said.

The results paint a conflicted picture of a population that believes the state should still support the migrant population, but worries about what it means for their own ability to access services and afford rent. Continue reading →

Higher Education

A window smashed at Harvard, a ‘Rally of Rage’ at Emerson: Pro-Palestinian activism returns with a harsher edge

After a month of relative campus calm, the events around the Oct. 7 anniversary raised the prospect that the pro-Palestinian student movement could intensify. Continue reading →

FOOD

Chef Barbara Lynch closing all her restaurants

In recent years, Lynch’s career has been marked by turmoil. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

New Englanders with Fla. homes, connections brace for Milton’s wrath

Tampa has avoided a major hurricane for more than a century, so Milton’s relentless approach was new for New Englanders with family and property in the region. Continue reading →

Nation

More than 2 million without power as Hurricane Milton slams Florida, causes deaths and flooding

Hurricane Milton crashed into Florida as a Category 3 storm Wednesday, pounding the coast with ferocious winds of over 100 mph, heavy rain, and producing a series of tornadoes around the state. Tampa avoided a direct hit. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Patriots make 'Maye day' call for Sunday

Senior NFL writer Ben Volin tempers expectations as quarterback Drake Maye prepares to take the helm on Sunday. Watch →

Cut from the team? Help your kid bounce back

WATCH: “Parenting Unfiltered” correspondent Kara Baskin plays out how to walk children through adversity like a champion. Watch →

AI could launch your rockstar dreams

WATCH: A website can compose tracks based on your commands. Contributor Scott Kirsner highlights how it works. Watch →

The Nation

Nation

Court to weigh protections for immigrants brought to US as children

A federal appeals court will hear arguments this week on the fate of hundreds of thousands of immigrants illegally in the country who arrived in the United States as minors and have been shielded from deportation and allowed to work legally. Continue reading →

Nation

Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to 3 scientists for predicting and creating proteins

The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to three scientists for discoveries that show the potential of advanced technology, including artificial intelligence, to predict the shape of proteins, life’s chemical tools, and to invent new ones. Continue reading →

Nation

Grazer beats the behemoth that killed her cub to win Alaska’s Fat Bear Contest

After voting by viewers online, Grazer won her second Fat Bear Contest on Tuesday by defeating the male behemoth that killed her cub this summer. Continue reading →

The World

World

Biden and Netanyahu speak for the first time in months as Mideast crisis deepens

For the first time in two months, President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Wednesday in a phone conversation that was expected to focus on Israel’s plans to retaliate against Iran for a missile attack. Continue reading →

World

Flooding ravages Thai district known for elephant parks

Monsoon rains often cause havoc in Thailand but the flooding has been particularly intense this year, driven by climate change and the La Niña weather pattern. Continue reading →

World

Nearly 1 million civilians flee war in Lebanon, UN says

Hezbollah militants fired rockets at Israeli towns and fought ground battles with Israeli troops in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, as the United Nations warned that nearly 1 million Lebanese had fled the spreading war between Israel and Iranian-backed groups in the Middle East. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

ENDORSEMENT

Vote no on legalizing psychedelic drugs

Decriminalization makes sense, but ballot question goes too far. Continue reading →

OPINION

In ghost gun case, Supreme Court can’t hide from its hypocrisy

Their own precedent looks pretty sharp when it’s staring back at them. Continue reading →

LETTERS

GOP must agree to accept results of the election if they’re to have his ear

If Republicans want to achieve a broad mandate, they must stop attacking the integrity of our democratic system with bogus claims of election fraud. Continue reading →

Metro

Weather

The Waffle House Index: How the restaurant helps Southerners — and FEMA — judge a storm’s severity

If a Waffle House stays open in town, neighbors are reassured that the coming storm is unlikely to cause devastation. A closed location has come to indicate impending disaster. Continue reading →

Politics

Average single-family home in Boston likely to see 14 percent spike in property taxes, city officials say

New data from the city show the average Boston homeowner will face a double-digit property tax increase next year, but not as high as experts had feared. Continue reading →

Politics

Gun activists say they are aiming to put Mass. gun law repeal on 2026 ballot

Supporters of the repeal effort said they have collected at least 90,000 signatures — more than enough to put the new law before voters. Continue reading →

Sports

patriots

Patriots express confidence in Drake Maye before his first NFL start

"I would say that Drake is going to make us a better football team today and going forward," said coach Jerod Mayo. Continue reading →

appreciation

The idea of a maestro like Luis Tiant in today’s game of baseball is unfathomable

His bewildering array of pitches, arm angles, and deliveries is unimaginable now — not to mention his 187 career complete games. Continue reading →

on football

The Patriots have to start Drake Maye, but he’s entering the worst situation in the NFL

Optimism is being expressed about the change, but nothing indicates that Maye is in a situation that will allow him to succeed. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Fall foliage is a big boost for the New England economy. Here are the numbers.

With peak fall foliage season nearing full swing, Northern New England is gearing up for a tourism bump this coming three-day weekend. Continue reading →

Biotech

Biotech veteran John Maraganore raises $135 million for his ‘next-generation RNAi’ startup

City Therapeutics, based in Cambridge, is developing new medicines that use RNA interference, or RNAi, to silence genes and halt the production of harmful proteins. Continue reading →

Business

Can your electric vehicle catch fire during a hurricane?

It’s a relatively rare problem, but the risk is real. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Lore Segal, mordant memoirist of emigre life, dies at 96

Ms. Segal, a virtuosic and witty author, wrote first about her life as a young Jewish Viennese refugee in England and as an emigre in America. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Robert Coover, inventive novelist in iconoclastic era, dies at 92

Mr. Coover, along with Donald Barthelme, John Barth, and others, occupied the vanguard of postmodern American fiction in the 1960s and 1970s. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Movies

‘Super/Man’: How Christopher Reeve and his family found their Fortress of Solitude in the Berkshires

Reeve’s family opens up about the new documentary on the late "Superman" actor, his deep connections with Williamstown, and his legacy as an advocate. Continue reading →

TV Review

Netflix’s ‘Starting Five’ shadows elite NBA players, Jayson Tatum among them, and their families through the 2023-24 season

In addition to Tatum, the Lakers' LeBron James, Minnesota Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards, Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler, and Sacramento Kings' Domantas Sabonis take the spotlight in the 10-part series. Continue reading →

ASKING ERIC

Son visits his in-laws more than his parents

Advice from R. Eric Thomas. Continue reading →